Free and paid camping in Texas

94 camps in Texas: 70 free, 24 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Texas, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

NPS21 camps

• 277 North Campground1,134 ft · fee
• Bird Island Basin Campground4 ft · fee
• Blue Creek Camping Area2,963 ft
• Blue West Campground3,051 ft
• Bugbee Camping Area2,938 ft
• Cedar Canyon Camping Area2,931 ft
• Chimney Hollow Campground2,916 ft
• Fritch Fortress Campground3,093 ft
• Harbor Bay Campground2,929 ft
• Lower Plum Creek Campground2,918 ft
• Middle Plum Creek Campground2,926 ft
• North Beach (Padre Island National Seashore)4 ft · fee
• Rosita Flats Camping Area2,989 ft
• Rough Canyon Campground1,165 ft · fee
• San Pedro Campground1,131 ft · fee
• Sanford-Yake Campground3,000 ft
• South Beach Mile 0-5 (Padre Island National Seashore)4 ft · fee
• Spur 406 Campground1,121 ft · fee
• Upper Plum Creek Campground2,998 ft
• Upper Plum Creek Windmill Campground2,977 ft
• Yarborough Pass (Padre Island National Seashore)3 ft · fee

National Forests in Texas20 camps

• 566 Piney Creek Hc372 ft
• Big Woods Trail Camp313 ft
• Boles Field Campground320 ft
• Bouton Lake110 ft
• Bouton Lake Campground114 ft
• Boykin Springs Recreation Area183 ft
• Cagle Recreation Area265 ft
• Caney Creek Recreation Area183 ft
• Double Lake Recreation Area300 ft
• East Four Notch Hiker Camp341 ft
• Haley's Ferry Boat Ramp253 ft
• Indian Mounds Recreation Area171 ft
• Kelly's Pond Campground225 ft
• Letney165 ft
• Mercy Camp232 ft
• Neches Bluff Overlook368 ft
• Ragtown208 ft
• Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area296 ft
• Red Hills Lake341 ft
• Willow Oak184 ft

Other public land15 camps

• Amistad NRA Rock Quarry Dispersed Camping1,158 ft
• Burnet County693 ft · fee · notes
• Burnet County690 ft · fee · notes
• Fannin County555 ft · notes
• Fannin County530 ft · notes
• Governors Landing Dispersed Camping1,170 ft
• Grelle Recreation Area Dispersed Camping699 ft
• Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping5,438 ft
• Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N5,834 ft
• Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping742 ft
• Nueces County5 ft · fee · notes
• Palo Pinto County1,052 ft · notes
• Presidio County4,900 ft · notes
• Presidio County4,899 ft · notes
• Willacy County6 ft · notes

U.S. Forest Service14 camps

• Bois D' Arc545 ft · fee
• Boles Field296 ft · fee
• Cagle241 ft · fee
• East Bluff #2 Campground3,065 ft
• East Bluff #3 Campground3,078 ft
• Houston National Forest204 ft · notes
• Lake Mcclellan2,937 ft · fee
• Lake McClellan Campground2,931 ft
• Lakeview180 ft · fee
• Mcdowell2,932 ft · fee
• Stubblefield Lake215 ft · fee
• Townsend180 ft · fee
• White Rock Hc348 ft · fee
• Willow Oak175 ft · fee

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers6 camps

• Cedar Creek Park555 ft · notes
• Jackson Creek Park236 ft · notes
• Soldiers Bluff Park541 ft · notes
• Steele Creek Park546 ft · notes
• Thomas Lake Park240 ft · notes
• Walling Bend Park529 ft · notes

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland3 camps

• Black Creek Lake960 ft · fee
• Tadra Point965 ft · fee
• Valley View Group Use934 ft · fee

Caddo National Grassland3 camps

• East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area517 ft
• East Lake Crockett Recreation Area509 ft
• West Lake Crockett Recreation Area509 ft

Elsewhere in Texas12 camps

• City RV Park (Seminole City Park)3,308 ft · notes
• East Bluff #1 Campground2,942 ft
• Forrest Park RV Sites2,938 ft · notes
• Huber City Park RV Park3,123 ft · notes
• Lake Marvin Campground2,277 ft
• Levelland City RV Park3,504 ft · notes
• Mcdowell Campground2,922 ft
• Ray and Donna West Free RV Park3,807 ft · notes
• Texhoma Park3,666 ft · notes
• Waylon Jennings RV Park (North)3,559 ft · notes
• Wayne Russell Municipal RV Park3,187 ft · notes
• Whigham Park2,927 ft · notes